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The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement: Week 6

Posted by Emmett Jones in Football

Back again, with another installment of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement Extravaganza.  As I started looking over the CBA, I realized that I’m covering way too much per week.  That being said, the posts will be shorter from now on (i.e. covering one or two sub-sections, instead of a whole section).  That being said, today’s sub-section comes from Article LV, entitled Miscellaneous.  This section deals with player endorsements, and its listed below.

Section 1. Endorsements: No Club may unreasonably refuse to permit a player to endorse a product.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and without affecting interpretation of the preceding sentence, no player will be permitted to be a party to any endorsement arrangement of any kind with a company whose brand name is prominently associated with the production, manufacture, or distribution of a substance that has been banned by the Policy and Procedure with respect to Anabolic Steroids and Related Substances. The Management Council and the NFLPA will agree each year on a list of such companies.

So, future sports agents, your client’s endorsement deals are basically limitless, except for any tie-ins to drugs that are banned in the NFL.  So, that great idea you had about your client endorsing Hemorrhoid cream?  Or your dreams of having your client corner the sunglasses market? Well, there’s still hope for you yet.

The rest of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, as always, can be found here.